"Lest ye forget": General Lafayette's tomb
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Author(s):
- Rainey, Paul James, 1877-1923, photographer
- Contributor(s):
- Zwerdling, Michael, former owner American National Red Cross, publisher.
- Publication:
- [United States] : American Red Cross, [between 1910 and 1925?]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Nurses Red Cross Military Personnel Cemeteries United States Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834. American National Red Cross.
- Genre(s):
- Postcards
- Abstract:
- Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of two nurses with American flags at General Lafayette's tomb. The two nurses are wearing dark headcloths and white uniforms with a cross on the chest. One nurse also has an additional darker cloth draped over her shoulders. Both nurses are holding the upper corner of the flag on the opposite end from the stars.
- Copyright:
- Copyright status must be investigated before publishing or commercial use.
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
- Provenance:
- Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
- Technique:
- black and white
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101626476 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- D05484
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101626476